Jenny Strauss Clay

Jenny Strauss Clay
Born	Jenny Strauss
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics
Spouse	Diskin Clay [de] ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1977)​
Children	Andreia Clay
Academic background
Education	Reed College, University of Chicago
Alma mater	University of Washington
Academic work
Discipline	Classics
Sub-discipline	Ancient Greek literature

Jenny Strauss Clay is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. After completing studies at Reed College and the University of Chicago, Strauss Clay completed her doctorate at the University of Washington. She taught at the University of California at Irvine and Johns Hopkins University.[1] She is currently a member of the Nominating Committee of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association), until 2018.[2]

Family

Strauss Clay is the daughter of Eliezer Paul Kraus and Bettina Strauss, adopted by her uncle Leo Strauss.[3] She married the classicist Diskin Clay [de] in 1963; the marriage ended in 1977.[4]

Selected publications

• The Politics of Olympus: Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns. (1989); ISBN 9781853996924
• Mega Nepios: Il destinatorio nell'epos didascalico. The addressee in Didactic Epic. Co-edited by Alessandro Schiesaro and P. Mitsis. (1993)[5][6]
• The Wrath of Athena: gods and men in the Odyssey. (1997); ISBN 0822630699
• Hesiod's Cosmos. (2003); ISBN 9780521823920[7]
• Homer's Trojan theater: space, vision, and memory in the Iliad. (2011); ISBN 9780521149488
• Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone. Trends in classics – Supplementary Volumes, 44. Co-editor with Irad Malkin and Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos. (2017); ISBN 9783110501278[8]

References

1. "Jenny Straus Clay". Department of Classics, University of Virginia. 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-08-06. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
2. "SCS Board and Committees". Society for Classical Studies. 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
3. Jenny Strauss Clay (7 June 2003). "The Real Leo Strauss". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
4. "Clay, Diskin William Thomas". Database of Classical Scholars. Rutgers University. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
5. "Department of Classics at the University of Virginia Profile".^[permanent dead link‍]
6. "Review of Mega nepios : il destinatario nell'epos didascalico from BMCR".
7. Review of Hesiod's Cosmos from BMCR
8. "Review of Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 44 from BMCR".

External links

• Strauss Clay's Academia Site